page_title: Khun Khan National Park
section_title: Flora and fauna
hierarchical_section_title: Khun Khan National Park / Flora and fauna
caption_attribution_description: Paguma larvata (C. E. H. Smith, 1827) English: Masked palm civet (a.k.a. gem-faced civet). Photographer's original comments: "The cotton tree flowers had attracted a whole lot of guests to feed upon its banquet... However I was not prepared to find a palm civet - outside my window - in the middle of the city!" Français&#160;: Civette palmiste masquée, ou pagume Deutsch: Larvenroller
context_page_description: Khun Khan National Park is a national park in Thailand's Chiang Mai Province. This mountainous park is home to forests, waterfalls and cliff-top viewpoints.
context_section_description: The park features numerous forest types including virgin forest at elevations above 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). Tree species include three-needled pine, Pinus merkusii, Malacca tree, Mammea siamensis, Malabar ironwood, Baccaurea ramiflora, Calotropis gigantea, Shorea siamensis, Dipterocarpus intricatus, Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, Dioscorea alata, Xylia xylocarpa and Gmelina arborea.
  The park serves as a sanctuary for animal species including tiger, wild boar, barking deer, goral, porcupine, pangolin, masked palm civet and mongoose. Bird life includes red junglefowl and great hornbill.
caption: Masked palm civet
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